| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: wisdom, and observed him--his name I need not mention; he was a politician
whom I selected for examination--and the result was as follows: When I
began to talk with him, I could not help thinking that he was not really
wise, although he was thought wise by many, and still wiser by himself; and
thereupon I tried to explain to him that he thought himself wise, but was
not really wise; and the consequence was that he hated me, and his enmity
was shared by several who were present and heard me. So I left him, saying
to myself, as I went away: Well, although I do not suppose that either of
us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is,--
for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think
that I know. In this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: diacritical marks have been lost.
The Memorabilia
or
Recollections of Socrates
BOOK I
I
I have often wondered by what arguments those who indicted[1] Socrates
could have persuaded the Athenians that his life was justly forfeit to
the state. The indictment was to this effect: "Socrates is guilty of
crime in refusing to recognise the gods acknowledged by the state, and
importing strange divinities of his own; he is further guilty of
The Memorabilia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: hand in managing the books. In the record of the subscriptions in
kind there was no note of their money value. But, excuse me, I
thought, the rye which is now worth one rouble fifteen kopecks
may be worth two roubles fifteen kopecks in two months' time! Was
that the way to do things? Then, "Given to A. M. Sobol 32
roubles." When was it given? For what purpose was it given? Where
was the receipt? There was nothing to show, and no making
anything of it. In case of legal proceedings, these papers would
only obscure the case.
"How naive she is!" I thought with surprise. "What a child!"
I felt both vexed and amused.
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